Books by Eric Newby
“Like most of Newby’s books it’s not only extremely colourful and interesting, but extremely funny.” Read more...
A Short Walk in the Hindu Kush
by Eric Newby
Eric Newby is one of the best travel writers Britain has ever produced. I’ll defy anyone to read this book and not find it both enchanting and hugely funny
Love and War in the Apennines
by Eric Newby
There is a great moment where he returns to the place where he was sheltered when he was an escaped prisoner of war. He only lasted a few months moving from house to house working almost as a sort of slave labourer in a mountain farm. Then he was betrayed.
Interviews where books by Eric Newby were recommended
The best books on Forgiveness, recommended by Simon Mawer
Novelist Simon Mawer picks his favourite books on forgiveness.
The Best Books by Foreigners on Afghanistan, recommended by Sandy Gall
The veteran reporter and frequent visitor to Afghanistan tells us about the country he loves, and the Westerners (and Central Asian conqueror) who wrote engagingly about it.
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Slowly Down the Ganges
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Empires of the Indus: The Story of A River
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The River's Tale: A Year in the Mekong
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Black Dragon River: A Journey Down the Amur River Between Russia and China
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Meltdown in Tibet: China's Reckless Destruction of Ecosystems from the Highlands of Tibet to the Deltas of Asia
by Michael Buckley
The best books on Asia’s Rivers, recommended by Victor Mallet
The best books on Asia’s Rivers, recommended by Victor Mallet
Human history has been founded on the banks of great rivers – but in the East they are increasingly the focus of bitter international and environmental dispute, says Victor Mallet, the journalist and author of River of Life, River of Death. Here he selects five brilliant books that profile Asia’s most celebrated waterways.
